Wilson Ramos
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Ramos with the Washington Nationals
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| Tampa Bay Rays – No. 40 | |||
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Born: August 10, 1987 Valencia, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| May 2, 2010, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .269 | ||
| Home runs | 83 | ||
| Runs batted in | 321 | ||
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Wilson Abraham Ramos Campos (born August 10, 1987) is a Venezuelan professional baseball catcher for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins and Washington Nationals. In 2016, Ramos was an MLB All-Star and he won the Silver Slugger Award.
Ramos was signed by the Minnesota Twins as a non-drafted free agent on July 7, 2004. He caught 43% of potential base stealers in his minor league career, and has a .987 fielding percentage. In 2008, with the Twins' High-A affiliate, the Fort Myers Miracle, he batted .242 with eight home runs and 42 runs batted in in the first half of the 2008 season, helping his team capture the Florida State League first-half West Division title. When 2008 Florida State League All-Star catcher James Skelton of the Lakeland Flying Tigers suffered an injury, Ramos was added to the West Division All-Star team, joining teammates Robert Delaney, Brian Dinkelman, Jeff Manship, Anthony Slama and Danny Valencia.
Ramos' batting average jumped to .333 in the second half of 2008. For the season, he batted .288 with thirteen home runs, and was named to the All FSL Team. His 78 RBIs was fourth in the Florida State League.
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